On Wed, Mar 21, 2007 at 04:17:55AM +0900, Gary Wright wrote: > Just some random thoughts I had while reading this thread... > > I'm curious as to why query language development got hung up on SQL. > I've read a little bit about Tutorial D. Is SQL simply > another example of pre-mature standardization? There's QUEL, too: http://www.vldb.org/conf/1987/P083.PDF -- Jos Backus jos at catnook.com